What is Umnitza retrofit?

whenasked · 11-23-2011, 08:37 AM

I have a stock 06 325i..with halogens and no angel eyes.

1) To get Umnitza retrofit, should I send in my stock headlight assembly?

2) Or just pay 700USD and they will ship a new assembly with retrofit?

3) Also, by reading older posts, Umnitza refers to it as plug & play but lot of folks had to do coding to reset errors.

TIA

Simon.bmw · 11-23-2011, 08:40 AM

go for the second way, and i reason why lot of coding errors is becasue 06 carputer are kind of sensitive... ps...

milly · 11-23-2011, 09:51 AM

Yeah just what Simon said, it's a full retrofitted new headlight.

And 06-07 carputers are extremely sensitive.. That's why they coded it out, they didn't have to but if they wanted to have NO errors on the dash then they would.

I have an 08 and my headlights from ummitza should be here by the 30th.. I'll see if mine are extremely sensitive too but from what I've heard 08 isn't.

Trevendous03 · 11-25-2011, 11:21 AM

Umnitza told me that they can retrofit the FX-R into OEM headlights but that it's a lot more work and more costly. You might as well go the Projector90 FX-R route from Umnitza, because it's very inexpensive, some of the best Angel Eyes on the market, better beam pattern and sharper cutoff than OEM xenon, and you can also get LED integrated turn signals. Win, win, win!

I have a 2006 325i, and it was not an error-free plug-and-play retrofit. I had to do a lot of coding to fix the errors, but the errors CAN be fixed. My headlights work perfectly now. Basically you just have to code the car for xenon and code out the headlight bulb checks and headlight error messages. It's a piece of cake.

umnmatt · 11-26-2011, 12:53 PM

yeah, better to get new headlights than muck with old ones.

Trevendous03 · 11-27-2011, 01:59 PM

A couple pictures of my setup:

Route 16 · 11-28-2011, 01:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Trevendous03

A couple pictures of my setup:

Excited for my black edition set!

wmb0000 · 11-28-2011, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Trevendous03

A couple pictures of my setup:

Can you tell me what the front lip is from?

Trevendous03 · 11-28-2011, 10:45 PM

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Can you tell me what the front lip is from?

I got it from ConstructAuto... It's the Hartge style front lip. PITA to install, so I had someone urethane glue it to the front bumper, a professional body shop. It's very nice quality... A flexible fiberglass polymer.

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whenasked Private First Class 17 Rep 108 Posts Drives: E90 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: US iTrader: (0)	What is Umnitza retrofit? I have a stock 06 325i..with halogens and no angel eyes. 1) To get Umnitza retrofit, should I send in my stock headlight assembly? 2) Or just pay 700USD and they will ship a new assembly with retrofit? 3) Also, by reading older posts, Umnitza refers to it as plug & play but lot of folks had to do coding to reset errors. TIA
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11-23-2011, 08:40 AM	#2
Simon.bmw Second Lieutenant 19 Rep 285 Posts Drives: E90 323I. Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Halifax.NS.CA iTrader: (0)	go for the second way, and i reason why lot of coding errors is becasue 06 carputer are kind of sensitive... ps...
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11-23-2011, 09:51 AM	#3
milly Captain 82 Rep 783 Posts Drives: 328i Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Charleston, SC iTrader: (3) Garage List 2008 328i (e90) [9.00]	Yeah just what Simon said, it's a full retrofitted new headlight. And 06-07 carputers are extremely sensitive.. That's why they coded it out, they didn't have to but if they wanted to have NO errors on the dash then they would. I have an 08 and my headlights from ummitza should be here by the 30th.. I'll see if mine are extremely sensitive too but from what I've heard 08 isn't. __________________ Black 2008 328i e90-BMW Performance CF Strut Bar/Muffler delete/8000k Fogs Fogs/Trunk Spoiler/5% Tint/BlueTooth/JVC HU/AG M359 Wheels/Matte Black kidney grills/H&R Race Springs/Koni Yellows/Orion V2 Angel Eyes/EuroCharged Tune/
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11-25-2011, 11:21 AM	#4
Trevendous03 photographer // designer 35 Rep 380 Posts Drives: 2006 BMW 325i E90 SG Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Columbus, Ohio iTrader: (1)	Umnitza told me that they can retrofit the FX-R into OEM headlights but that it's a lot more work and more costly. You might as well go the Projector90 FX-R route from Umnitza, because it's very inexpensive, some of the best Angel Eyes on the market, better beam pattern and sharper cutoff than OEM xenon, and you can also get LED integrated turn signals. Win, win, win! I have a 2006 325i, and it was not an error-free plug-and-play retrofit. I had to do a lot of coding to fix the errors, but the errors CAN be fixed. My headlights work perfectly now. Basically you just have to code the car for xenon and code out the headlight bulb checks and headlight error messages. It's a piece of cake.
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umnmatt Go University Minnesota! 2 Rep 34 Posts Drives: e92 m3 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: SF/Oaktown iTrader: (0)	yeah, better to get new headlights than muck with old ones.
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11-27-2011, 01:59 PM	#6
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